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COTTON SGRAPBR. No.'470,457. Patented Mar. 8, 1892.

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COTTON SGRAPR. No. 470,457. Patented Mar. 8, 1892.

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COTTON-SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Iietters Patent No. 470,45*?,dated March 8, 1892. Application filed ovemher I6, 1891. Serial No. 412,064. (No model.)

. the county of Nevada and State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton Scrapers and Harrows; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of thc invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Our invention has relation to cotton-scrapers; and it consists in the novel construction and arrangement of its parts. y

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l iS a front perspective of our invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of our invention with the Scrapers and their supporting-arms removed. Fig. 3 is a front perspective having the scrap` ers removed and harrows attached. Fig. 4 is a bottom plan View of our invention. Fig. 5 is a Side elevation of one wing of a harrow.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the beam; a, the handles; B, the scrapers; b and b', the scraper-arms; c, the plowstandards; c3, the standard-braces, and D the harrows.

A is an ordinary beam provided with the usual handles. On each side of the beam and near its rear end are pivoted the plow-Standards c. These plow-standards are provided near their upper ends with slots c', through which they are `bolted to the said beam, and by this means are adjustable upward or downward, and near their lower ends with notches c2, into which iit the lower ends of the braces c3. It will be seen that said plow-standards may be raised by loosening the bolt and slipping them up and putting the lower ends of the braces in lower notches, or they may be moved down in the same way and the braces put in upper notches, or they may be pitched farther forward or backward by keeping them stationary at their upper ends and putting the braces in the upper and lower notches. Said braces c3 are secured to the lower face of the beam; but they may be Slotted and seping.

cured to the sides of the beam in the same Way that the plow-Standards are.

Each one of the Scrapers is provided with a beveled nose b2' in order to give the proper pitch to the top of the row, and is also provided with a wing h3 to turn the .dirt over and away from the crop, and is secured to the arms by four bolts, two in its front end and two in its rear end. The rear arms h are provided with slots and pivoted to the bottom of the beam by a bolt b4. The front arms are provided with slots and are bolted to the beam by bolts b5; but they may be lapped and secured by one bolt, so that the front or rear ends of said Scrapers may be brought nearer or carried farther apart. To the lower ends and against the inner faces of the said arms b and h are bolted landsides c4 to keep Said Scrapers from ruiming too deep into the ground.

In some cases instead of using the Scrapers we use harrows D, which are not so wide as the Scrapers, and are consequently only bolted through the lower holes in the arms?) and b.

This invention is used, chieiiy, to scrape young cotton. The nose of each scraper runs close to the cotton and turns the dirt away from it and over, thus leaving a perfectlysmooth row. The plows attached to the standards follow and dirt each side of the cotton. The standards may be removed and the crop simply scraped. The Scrapers may be removed and the cotton simply dirted. A great many farmers like to dirt up their cotton before barring it off or scraping, and by using the harrows and the small plows they can kill all the grass on the sides of the beds, pulverizing the ground, and the little plows can dirt the cotton, then in about a week put on the Scrapers and scrape the cotton ready for chop- `-fthe notches c2, standard-braces c3, secured to said beam and having their lower ends adapted to enter the notches c2, slotted arms b', pivoted to the lower face of the beam by a bolt Crops other than cotton may be culti- IOO .1)4, slotted arms Z), bolted to the lower face of the beam by bolts b5, landsides c4, secured to the innerY faces and lower ends of the arms b and b', Scrapers B, having the sloped nose b2, curved wings b3, and secured to the said arms, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination of the handles a, beam A, plow-standards c, having the slots c and the notches c2, standard-braces c3, secured to said beam and having their lower ends adapt ed to enter the notches c2, slotted arms b', pivoted to the lower face of the beam by a bolt b4, slotted' arms b, bolted to the lower face of the beam by bolts b5, said arms adapted to I5 carry either Scrapers B or harrows D, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof we affix ou r signatures in presence of two witnesses.

v MICHAEL RINEl-IARDT VINSON.

ROBERT BURTON VINSON. lfitnesses:

T. M. ORR, T. P. FINCHER. 

